Category: Talks

Rupert Shedrake and I have published the latest in our Science Set Free podcasts, discussing belief in angels. Recent studies suggest that a third of people in the UK believe in guardian angels, and nearly three quarters of Americans believe…

Rupert Shedrake and I have published the latest in our Science Set Free podcasts, discussing the notion of original participation. How do you experience the cosmos? Did people in the past experience such participation differently? Do mystics enjoy a type…

Rupert Shedrake and I have published the latest in our Science Set Free podcasts, discussing who Jesus was. Jesus saves, it is often said. But what does that mean? Is it an objectionable notion, implying a bloodthirsty God? We explore…

Rupert Shedrake and I have published the latest in our Science Set Free podcasts, discussing the Sunday Assembly, also known as the atheist church. It’s widely recognised that popular atheism is changing fast. It’s moving into a more constructive phase…

Rupert Shedrake and I have published the latest in our Science Set Free podcasts, discussing the essence of Christianity. Now is a good moment to assess the essence of Christianity, to consider what lies at its heart. as we live…

Rupert Shedrake and I have published the latest in our Science Set Free podcasts, discussing the significance of the Sun. When you look into the blue sky on a sunny day do you glimpse a ball of nuclear fire or,…

Rupert Shedrake and I have published the latest in our Science Set Free podcasts, discussing the meaning of rituals. Human life is full of rituals, from shaking hands to venerating relics. But how do rituals work, how do they convey…

Robert Rowland Smith and I took our philosophy slam to the Camden Comedy Club, where the audience, supercharged by the wonderful Pippa Evans, threw out words and ideas for us to riff on. Click here to listen to what happened…

Rupert Shedrake and I have published the latest in our Science Set Free podcasts, discussing the emergence of secular Buddhism. Until relatively recently, Buddhism was a specialist interest in the west. Now, secular forms of Buddhism, in the shape of…

Rupert Shedrake and I have published the latest in our Science Set Free podcasts, discussing why there is something not nothing. This ancient question has resurfaced in modern science and atheism. The discovery of the Big Bang as a beginning…